Bottle-cap.



F. G. KOLLBNBERG. BOTTLE 0112' APPLICATION FILED DEG.15, 1913.

1,108,996. 7 Patented Sept. 1,1914.

Witnesses Attorneys WMMM/k WW' Y FREDERICK G. KOLEENBERG, OF OWENSBORCB,KELl'TUCKY, ASSIGNOR QF ONE-HALF T WILLIAM E. DANEAUER,

OF OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY.

BOTTLE-CAP.

1,108,99&

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 1, 1914.

Application filed December 15, 1913. Serial No. 806,87

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK G. KOLLEN- Imus, a citizen of the UnitedStates residing at Owensboro, in the county of baviess andl tate of-Kentucky. have invented a new and useful Bottle-Cap, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This inventionaims to provide a cap for bottles or other receptacleswhich may be easily and readily removed therefrom without the use oftools.

With the above and other objects in View which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a plan of the blank from which the cap isformed; Fig. 2 is a section showing the cap in place on a bottle; Fig. 3is a side elevation of the cap; Fig. 4 is a transverse section of thelap. f The cap herein disclosed is fashioned from a metal blank shown inFig. 1 and denoted by the numeral 1, the blank 1 ordinarily being ofcircular contour. Projcciing from the periphery of'the blank 1 is atransverse tongue At the point where the tongue 2 merges into; the blank1, the blank is slit along diverging lincsas shown at 3 to definecirouhiferentially extended tongues 6. By a rocess well known in theart, the blank 1 is ormed into a cap 4 having :1 depending, inwardlyextended fiange'h. The tongue 2 projects below the loweredge of theflange 5 and the tongues 6 are overlapped circumferentially of thetongue 2 as'shown in Fig. 3. If desired, the lower, pointed end of thetongue 2 may be rolled into a finger hold 7. The cap 4 may be equippedIn operation, the cap 4 is mounted upon a bottle indicated at 9 in Fig.2, the flange 5 engaging beneath bottle and the tongue 2 outstandingslightly from the bottle as shown in Fig. 2, although, obviously, ifdesired, the'tongue 2 may be bent down flat against the bottle. In anyevent, when the tongue 2' is pulled outwardly by means of the fingerhold 7, the tongues 6 will be crowded laterally, away from each other,and thus the flange 5 will be loosened from beneath the bead 10.

is claimed is A receptacle cap fashioned from a blank having a centraltongue projecting from its periphery and provided'with slits extendedinwardly from its periphery and defining the base and the central tongueand defining a pair of lateral tongues located upon opposite sides ofthe central tongue, .the periphcry of the blank being bent to form areceptacle engaging flange, the slits being disposed in inwardlydiverging relation to cause the lateral tongues to overlap the outerface of the central tongue when the flange is formed, the free ends ofthe lateral tongues being spaced from each other to facilitate theseparation of the lateral tongues and the release of the flange when thecentral tongue is flexed outwardly.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto atlixedmy signature in the resence of two witnesses. l

FREDlEREGK G. KOLLENBERG."

Witnessesli the bead 10 on the with the usual compressible an"; 8.

Having thus described the invention, what i

